Connectivity

[Satellite News – 3-06-08] Pace Micro Technology boosted its competitive position in the set-top box market with its December acquisition of the set-top box and connectivity solutions business of Royal […]

[Satellite Today – 3-6-08] Australian satellite pay-TV operator Austar has launched personal video recorder (PVR) services in Australia using OpenTV technology, Austar announced March 5.     The service, dubbed MyStar, […]

[Satellite Today – 3-6-08] Com Dev International Ltd. completed the airborne validation trials of its advanced Automatic Identification System (AIS) receiver solution, the company announced March 5.     The trials […]

[Satellite Today – 3-6-08] Inmarsat‘s profits before tax for the full year 2007 increased nearly 40 percent over 2006 as revenues improved 15 percent, the company announced March 6.     […]

[Satellite News – 3-6-08] Earlier this year, Microsoft revealed that its Microsoft Mediaroom IPTV and multimedia platform is delivering video entertainment experiences to more than 1 million set-top boxes around […]

[Satellite Today – 3-5-08] RRSat Global Communications Network Ltd. will distribute Sveriges Television (SVT), Sweden’s public television broadcasting service, to Europe, Northern Africa and the Middle East, RRsat announced March […]

[Satellite Today – 3-5-08] Sea Launch‘s Odyssey launch platform and Sea Launch Commander departed homeport in advanced of the scheduled DirecTV 11 launch March 17, the company announced.     DirecTV […]

[Satellite Today – 3-5-08] Mitec Telecom Inc. received a second order to provide a major cellular network operator in Africa with Mitec’s VSAT block upconverter, Mitec announced March 5.     […]

[Satellite Today – 3-5-08] In a boost for its satellite broadband strategy, Shin Satellite signed a pair of new capacity contracts with Myanmar Posts and Telecommunications (MPT) of Myanmar, Shin […]

[Satellite Today – 3-5-08] SES New Skies will offer satellite capacity to international broadcasters for providing live coverage of the Olympics Games, the company announced March 5.     SES New […]

[Satellite Today – 3-4-08] Temix has launched a new compact portable satellite terminal, the company announced March 4.     The EasyFlysat–SP is a self-powered portable satellite terminal suited for applications […]

[Satellite Today – 3-4-08] SatLink Communications will launch Daystar Television Network to SatLink’s AsiaSat 2 digital platform, SatLink announced March 4.     The Christian TV network will join SatLink’s bouquet […]

[Satellite Today – 3-4-08] Integral Systems Inc. will repurchase more than 1 million common stock shares from Fursa Alternative Strategies LLC, Integral announced March 3.     The repurchase represents 11 […]

[Satellite Today – 3-4-08] WiMax communications pose a significant interference threat to satellite signals transmitted in the C-band frequency, the Satellite Users Interference Reduction Group (SUIRG), announced March 3.     […]

[Satellite Today – 3-4-08] Intelsat Ltd. and iDirect Inc. have deployed a satellite-based telemedicine network to improve medical treatment processes in Morocco, the companies announced March 4.     The Moroccan […]

[Satellite Today – 3-4-08] The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded funding to four contractor teams for the first phase of the Future, Fast, Flexible, Fractionated, Free-Flying […]

[Satellite News – 3-4-08] In the final panel of SATELLITE 2008, “Satellite SWOT: Challenges and Opportunities for Satellite Enabled Communications”, industry executives discussed a variety of issues as well as […]

[Satellite News – 3-4-08] Satellite broadband has finally found market success, with offerings by WildBlue and Hughes reaching thousands of customers in North America and a recent deal struck between […]

[Satellite Today – 3-3-08] Hughes Network Systems LLC posted a 15 percent increase in revenue for the fourth quarter of 2007, the company announced March 3.     Hughes reported revenues […]

[Satellite Today – 3-3-08] Satlynx and partner Lunasat are introducing a range of broadband services in the Middle East and African markets, Satlynx announced March 3.     The services offered […]

[Satellite Today – 3-3-08] Asia Broadcast Satellite (ABS) signed a long-term capacity deal with Russia’s RRSat Global Communications Network Ltd., ABS announced March 1.     Under the agreement, ABS will […]

[Satellite Today – 2-29-08] Vista Satellite Communications has appointed David Sprechman CFO, the company announced Feb. 25.     Sprechman, who has more than 20 years of media experience, will be […]

[Satellite Today – 2-29-08] Intelsat Ltd. appointed Kurt Riegelman senior vice president of global sales and Tobias Nassif vice president of satellite operations and engineering, the company announced Feb. 25. […]

[Satellite Today – 2-29-08] Integral Systems Inc. has developed a control system feature that will provide customers with the ability to view and analyze ground system data, the company announced […]

[Satellite Today – 2-29-08] Mobile Satellite Ventures has chosen Axiom Systems and Active CatalogT to design, assemble and deliver new services for MSV’s next-generation satellite-terrestrial network, MSV announced Feb. 26. […]

[Satellite Today – 2-29-08] XM Satellite Radio and Sirius Satellite Radio will not exercise a termination clause in their merger agreement, extending the deal to May 1 while they continue […]

[Satellite Today – 2-28-08] EMS Technologies Inc.’s satellite communications business reported 37 percent revenue growth for the quarter as well as a 37 percent increase in net sales, the company […]

[Satellite News – 2-28-08] Israeli satellite operator Space-Communication Ltd (Spacecom) attracted the attention of SES in January, and the world’s second largest satellite operator made a bid for the owners […]